The educational objective of the course is to guide students in the understanding of cardiovascular diseases of cardiac surgery. The course will consist of a series of lectures on the epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical and therapeutic solutions of the main cardiovascular diseases that are subject to invasive treatment, both conventional cardiac surgery and transcatheter surgery. The implications related to the pre-treatment work-up and the physiopathological implications involving the adoption of specific nursing modalities in order to orient learning towards a specific nursing framework will be specifically treated. In particular, aspects of instrumental monitoring, both invasive and non-invasive, which are specific to the preparation of the patient concerning treatment and monitoring of possible complications deriving from surgical treatment will be treated.